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the enemy, and the people who knew God were strong. This has reference to the noble Maccabees. There was also suffering and per secution.
many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. “Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.” (Verses 32-34.)
MANY MORE FULFILLED PROPHECIES Many other fulfilled prophecies might be quoted. In the last chapter of Daniel an interesting prediction is made con cerning the time of the end. “Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” Sir Isaac Newton, the dis coverer of the law of gravitation, wrote on Daniel and ex pressed his belief that some day people would travel at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The French infidel Voltaire many years later laughed at Newton’s statement and held it up to ridicule. The time of the end is here and the prophecy of Dan. 12:4 has come true. In the New Testament are also written prophecies which are now in process of fulfillment. 1 Tim. 4 :1 , 2; 2 Tim. 3: 1-5; 4 :1 -3 ; 2 Pet. 2; Jude’s Epistle, and other Scriptures predict the present day apostasy. UNFULFILLED PROPHECY As stated before, there are many unfulfilled prophecies in the Bible. The literal fulfillment of prophecies in the past vouches for the literal fulfillment of every prophecy in the Word of God. Some of them were uttered several thousand years ago. The world still waits for their fulfillment. May we remember that God does not need to be in a hurry. He knows indeed the end from the beginning. He takes His time in accomplishing His eternal purposes. And may we, His people, who know and love His Word, not neglect proph ecy, for the Prophetic Word is the lamp which shineth in a dark place.
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